Word: felix
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Felix Inslerman, the man who made the photographs that became Whittaker Chambers' pumpkin film, broke his 15 years' silence, corroborated Chambers' account of his activities. It is not clear how much McCarthy had to do with Inslerman's change of heart, but at least McCarthy was the channel through which Inslerman's revelation reached the public. The Inslerman testimony last week was McCarthy's first solid connection with the Hiss-Chambers case...
...Hiss-Chambers case. Previously, two members of the Washington Communist ring, Nathaniel Weyl and Julian Wadleigh, had corroborated portions of Chambers' accounts of Communist underground activity. Last week, after receiving a subpoena from McCarthy to appear at the Albany hearing, a 44-year-old draftsman named Felix A. Inslerman became-the third...
Disregarding the fact that fat men are funny by definition, Slezak performs nobly as Joseph, one of a trio of convicts who attempt to solve the problems of the Ducotel family. Losing money at an alarming rate, Felix Ducotel's general store in the French penal colony is soon to be closed by Henri Trochard, the prototype of a heartless capitalist. To add insult to bankruptcy, Ducotel's daughter is hopelessly in love with Trochard's nephew, who can only marry on the pain of disinheritance. At this point, it might be said with some justification that this is nothing...
...length of the law's arm in Long Beach. Chief Justice Earl Warren and Associate Justice Robert Jackson thought the whole record of the case should be sent to the Department of Justice, to determine whether the police had violated Irvine's civil rights. Wrote Associate Justice Felix Frankfurter, with Associate Justice Harold Burton agreeing: "We have here . . . powerful and offensive control over Irvine's life . . . The police devised means to hear every word that was said in the Irvine household for more than a month . . . A sturdy, self-respecting democratic community should not put up with...
...began flying in Manhattan, a decision about tne future of Strike It Rich and all other giveaway shows was argued in Washington. Before the Supreme Court, the Federal Communications Commission urged that such shows should be banned from the air as violators of the federal anti-lottery laws. Justice Felix Frankfurter observed that, in his opinion, many people listened to these shows because of "vacuity of mind." The broadcasters dissented, and the Supreme Court took the entire matter under advisement...